DEATHS LAST WEEK.

Don Budge, 84, the tennis great who swept all four major...

January 30, 2000

Don Budge, 84, the tennis great who swept all four major tournaments in the sport in 1938 to become the first Grand Slam winner, a feat equalled by only four players since; his game was built around a whiplash backhand that still is considered the best ever; known for his size (6-foot-2), strength and tenacity, he backed up a strong serve with power and accuracy; he played in the shadow of a developing World War II and had a comparatively brief career; Jan. 26, in Scranton, Pa.

Philip A. Fleischman, 89, Law Division judge in the Cook County Circuit Court who was first elected to the bench in 1970 and was consistently recalled by the state Supreme Court after reaching mandatory retirement age in 1985; he remained one of the Law Division's most productive judges; Jan. 27, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Craig Claiborne, 79, who retired in 1988 as one of the country's most influential culinary writers, having worked for three decades as food editor of The New York Times; the paper's first male food editor, he had been named to the post in 1957; earlier, he had written for Gourmet magazine; he wrote 20 books, including his autobiography, "A Feast Made for Laughter"; Jan. 22, in a New York City hospital.

S. Bruce Scidmore, 79, longtime associate judge in the 18th Judicial Circuit, Du Page County; he was appointed in 1977 and reappointed several times; he retired in 1989 but was twice recalled to the bench in the 1990s; prior to his appointment to the bench, he was a trial lawyer for 25 years; Jan. 20, in his Wheaton home.

Kurt K. Koentopp, 51, architect who helped design some of Chicago's most prominent buildings, including the office towers at 181 W. Madison St. and 35 W. Wacker Drive, the retail building at 600 N. Michigan Ave. and the American Medical Association building and plaza at 515 N. State St.; Jan. 20, outside his North Side home, apparently of a heart attack.

Kathleen Hale, 101, English author and illustrator who created the popular children's books about "Orlando the Marmalade Cat"; her 19 large picture books, packed with brightly colored illustrations, were published from 1938 through the 1950s; she supervised new printings of most of the titles in the 1990s; Jan. 26, in Bristol, England.

Jean MacArthur, 101, widow of Gen. Douglas MacArthur who won admirers around the world with her vibrancy and charm; at the general's side in war and peace, she even accompanied him aboard a PT boat when he was ordered out of the Philippines to escape a Japanese siege at the start of the World War II Pacific campaign; they were married from 1937 until MacArthur's death in 1964; Jan. 22, in New York.

Amyas Ames, 93, who twice served as a governor of the New York Stock Exchange and was long known as a champion of the arts; he also was a retired senior partner and chairman of the executive committee of Kidder, Peabody & Co., one of Wall Street's largest investment houses and was an ex-chairman of the New York Philharmonic (1970-83) and chairman for 10 years of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; Jan. 24, in Lexington, Mass.

Marshall Dann, 80, former executive director of the Western Golf Association (1960-88) who oversaw the growth of the Western's chief charity, the Evans Scholars, a college-scholarship program for caddies; Jan. 22.

Carl T. Curtis, 94, staunch fiscal conservative Republican from Nebraska whose staunch support of President Richard Nixon never wavered, even during the final days of the Watergate scandal; he served 16 years in the House and 24 in the Senate, making him the longest serving member of Congress in Nebraska's history; he retired in 1978; Jan. 24, in Lincoln, Neb.

Mike Berticelli, 48, men's head soccer coach at University of Notre Dame since 1990; his teams compiled a 104-80-19 record in 10 seasons and won the NCAA tournament in 1993, '94 and '96; after winning consecutive Midwestern Collegiate Conference crowns (1993, '94), he led the Irish to the Big East Tournament title in 1996 in their second season in the league; Jan. 25, in South Bend, Ind., apparently of a heart attack.

Lin Halliday, 63, Chicago tenor saxophonist who epitomized the glories and hardships of the jazz life and who was known for a robust technique and unabashedly rough and craggy tone, although 40 years of drug use severely limited his career; Jan. 25, in Warren Park Nursing Pavilion.

Leonard Weisgard, 83, illustrator of more than 300 children's book and known for his collaboration with author Margaret Wise Brown; he won the Caldecott Medal in 1947 for "The Little Island," written by Brown under the pseudonym Golden MacDonald; their productive collaboration began in 1939 with the "Noisy Books" series; Jan. 14, in Copenhagen.